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CDRWTOOL(1) General Commands Manual CDRWTOOL(1)
cdrwtool - perform various actions on a CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD-R
cdrwtool -d device -i | -g
cdrwtool -d device -s [ write-parameters ]
cdrwtool -d device -q [ write-parameters ]
cdrwtool -d device -m offset [ write-parameters ]
cdwrtool -d device -u blocks [ write-parameters ]
cdrwtool -d device -b b_mode [ write-parameters ]
cdrwtool -d device -c blocks [ write-parameters ]
cdwrtool -d device -f filename [ write-parameters ]
cdwrtool -d device -r track [ write-parameters ]
cdrwtool -h
The cdwrtool command can perform certain actions on a CD-R, CD-RW,
or DVD-R device. Mainly these are blanking the media, formatting
it for use with the packet-cd device, and applying an UDF
filesystem.
The most common usage is probably the `quick setup' option:
cdrwtool -d device -q
which will blank the disc, format it as one large track, and write
the UDF filesystem structures.
Other options get and set various parameters of how the device is
set up, and provide for different offsets, modes and settings from
the defaults.
The usefulness of most of the options is not explained.
Main directives:
-d device
Specify the device to use. eg. /dev/sr0
-i Print disc track info.
-g Print write parameters.
-u length
Make a UDF filesystem using length number of blocks.
-q `Quick setup': blank the disc, format it as one large track
and write a UDF filesystem.
-m offset
Format the disc at offset number of blocks.
-b mode
Blank the disk using a mode of `full' or `fast'.
-f filename
Write file.
-c track
Close track.
-r track
Reserve track.
-z length
Fixed packet length.
-s Set write parameters determined by -l, -w, and -p options
for the disc.
-v version
Specify the udf revision to use. Valid revisions are
0x0201, 0x0200 and 0x0150. If omitted, mkudffs udf-version
is 0x0150.
-h Prints a sparse help message.
Write parameters:
-t speed
Set write speed. (Defaults to 12x ?)
-l type
Set multi-session field. Either `0' (default), `1', or `3',
corresponding to `No B0 pointer. Next Session not allowed',
`B0 pointer = FF:FF:FF. Next session not allowed', and
`Next session allowed. B0 pointer = next possible program
area' respectively.
-w mode
Set write mode. Either `mode1' or `mode2' (default).
-p type
Set packet type. Either `0' or `1' (default), corresponding
to variable and fixed packet sizes respectively.
-o offset
Set write offset.
Many modern drives refuse on the preparations to format new,
blanked, or appendable CD-RW media. This causes a message like
Command failed: 55 ... - sense ...
The remedy is to use a CD-capable burn program for writing a
session and closing the medium. For example by using any of
"cdrecord", "wodim", "cdrskin", or "xorriso -as cdrecord" as
content of variable prog in:
prog="xorriso -as cdrecord"
drive="/dev/sr0"
dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=10 | $prog -v -eject dev="$drive" -
Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Ben Fennema
Some additions by Richard Atterer <[email protected]>
BUGS note about closing medium by Thomas Schmitt <[email protected]>
cdrwtool is part of the udftools package and is available from
https://github.com/pali/udftools/.
pktsetup(8), cdrecord(1), wodim(1), cdrskin(1), xorriso(1)
This page is part of the udftools (Linux tools for UDF filesystems
and DVD/CD-R(W) drives) project. Information about the project
can be found at ⟨https://github.com/pali/udftools⟩. If you have a
bug report for this manual page, see
⟨https://github.com/pali/udftools/issues⟩. This page was obtained
from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://github.com/pali/udftools.git⟩ on 2025-08-11. (At that
time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in the
repository was 2021-12-09.) If you discover any rendering
problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is
a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have
corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON
(which is not part of the original manual page), send a mail to
[email protected]
Commands udftools CDRWTOOL(1)
Pages that refer to this page: udfinfo(1), wrudf(1), mkudffs(8), pktsetup(8), udflabel(8)
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